674th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Tehkan Publisher: Tehkan Here’s a simple one – again one of the oldest games on the list. The screenshots look a bit like Pang, but clearly you’re moving around what feels like a superhero rip off – Astro Boy with a Bat […]
Posts Tagged ‘platform’
#741 Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins
Posted: 19th November 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, capcom, fighting, platform, psp, tose
649th played so far Genre: Platform/Fighting Platform: PSP Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Tose Publisher: Capcom I’ve not done the best at Ghosts ‘n Goblins or Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, two arcade platformers that, by virtue of being arcade games, are pretty difficult. By 2006, however, arcades are no longer the primary way of playing games […]
#62 Manic Miner
Posted: 24th September 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, bug-byte, matthew smith, platform, software projects, Various
635th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Matthew Smith Publisher: Bug-Byte/Software Projects Our next game is another early platformer. This one is inspired by Miner 2049er and will lead to future game Jet Set Willy. It’s an early platformer which looks fairly basic – so yeah, this time I […]
#61 Lode Runner
Posted: 22nd July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, ariolasoft, broderbund, doug smith, platform, Various
619th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Doug Smith Publisher: Broderbund/Ariolasoft I’m not going to claim any great affinity with Lode Runner, but I remember playing a version of this at some point and becoming obsessed for a bit with its large number of levels and built-in level designer. […]
#827 De Blob
Posted: 6th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, blue tongue entertainment, platform, puzzle, thq, wii
615th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Blue Tongue Entertainment Publisher: THQ I’ve been keeping an eye on De Blob since, I believe, just before the start of this blog, as an interesting game that seemed so different from everything else. Not to mention that the original version of […]
#1008 Portal 2
Posted: 31st May 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2011, platform, puzzle, valve corporation, Various
606th played so far Genre: Platform/Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 2011 Developer: Valve Corporation Publisher: Valve Corporation I’ve been simultaneously looking forward to the sequel to Portal, and been holding off on it as a possible final puzzle game. In the end, the determining factor was that we got Lego Dimensions (part of the […]
#1004 Limbo
Posted: 11th May 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, platform, playdead, puzzle, Various
601st played so far Genre: Platform/Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Playdead Publisher: Playdead We begin the next hundred with another known indie game. Limbo is a platformer that gained a good reputation for its implicit storytelling and world it creates in a platformer setting. I never actually had a chacne to play […]
#196 Snake Rattle’N’Roll
Posted: 13th April 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, NES, nintendo, platform, rare, sega
594th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: NES Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo/Sega For some reason, I kept confusing this game with Marble Madness for a long time. It doesn’t make any sense, none of it really matches, but the isometric perspective is similar and I haven’t looked much beyond screenshots. I’ll […]
#809 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Posted: 16th February 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, microsoft, platform, rare, xbox 360
580th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Rare Publisher: Microsoft Moving around the canon of Banjo-Kazooie a bit, for various reasons, Nuts and Bolts feels like a late entry for a 3D platforming hero – the genre seemed to be forgotten about around this point. This game draws […]