248th played so far Genre: Action/Role-Playing Platform: Xbox 360/PS3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: The Behemoth Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment There’s something fun about side-scrolling beat-em-ups. They’re straight forward, fun bashing which feels like you progress easily as you figure out the (usually easy) combos. They make for good multiplayer as you work [...]
Posts Tagged ‘action’
#72 Deus Ex Machina
Posted: 3rd June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, action, automata uk, zx spectrum
244th played so far Genre: Action Platform: ZX Spectrum Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Automata UK Publisher: Automata UK Sometimes, finding the more obscure games on our list have surprises of their own. This game had one. In what must be one of the first examples of voice acting in video games, Deus Ex Machina [...]
#506 Jet Set Radio Future
Posted: 18th May 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, action, sega, smilebit, xbox
240th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Xbox Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega I hate playing games out of order in this blog. It’s something we only do if we are unable to get an earlier game or if we are doing something special. So since we are doing X-Fest we are [...]
#868 Space Invaders Extreme
Posted: 27th March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, action, DS, psp, shoot 'em up, square enix, taito, xbox 360
227th played so far Genre: Action/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: DS/PSP/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Taito Publisher: Square Enix Everyone knows Space Invaders, right? It’s a classic, its aliens even adorning the cover of our book. It’s a game that everyone knows and one of the first people will think of when they think [...]
#101 Skool Daze
Posted: 10th January 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1985, action, david reidy, microsphere, zx spectrum
208th played so far Genre: Action Platform: ZX Spectrum Year of Release: 1985 Developer: David Reidy Publisher: Microsphere Skool Daze… misspellings intentional, I’m sure. In typical Bully/Canis Canem Edit fashion, you go back to your childhood to play a not-very-holy schoolboy. The difference here is that this game came out about 20 years earlier than [...]
#894 Assassin’s Creed II
Posted: 21st December 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, action, adventure, pc, playstation 3, ubisoft, xbox 360
203rd played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft The way we find out about games can really vary depending on the person and the game itself. It may be a magazine, a billboard poster or a meme depicting a gang of chicks [...]
#281 Worms
Posted: 5th December 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, action, ocean software, Strategy, team17, Various
199th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Team17 Publisher: Ocean Software Show me someone who had a PC between the years 1995-2001 and you will have someone that has played Worms or at least one of the franchise. It’s going to be pretty hard to write this since everyone [...]
#782 Portal
Posted: 27th November 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2007, action, pc, playstation 3, puzzle, valve, xbox 360
197th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Action Platform: PC/Xbox 360/PS3 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Valve Publisher: Valve Memes. A term that first arose in the 1970s when Richard Dawkins wanted a term to apply to how ideas, catchphrases and other such items of culture can quickly pass through a populace. In the age of the [...]