310th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Wow. Back to Sonic already. Despite its status as big mascot, rivaling Mario at one time, only three games are listed, in contrast with Mario’s… well, lots. Not surprising considering the massive fall from grace the Sonic […]
Posts Tagged ‘platform’
#211 Sonic the Hedgehog
Posted: 25th February 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, mega drive, platform, sega, sonic team
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#126 Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Posted: 24th January 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, NES, nintendo, platform
302nd played so far Genre: Platform Platform: NES Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo It seems ages since we last played a Mario game, with our limitations on the previous hundred, and our reluctance to do so after having played a lot of them in a short go while borrowing games. It has […]
#201 Another World
Posted: 17th December 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, delphine software, platform, Various
293th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Delphine Software Publisher: Delphine Software I’ll be honest – before this blog, I hadn’t really heard of this game, but its legacy had interested for me a lot longer. Another World (Out of this World in the US) is the brainchild of […]
#525 Ratchet & Clank
Posted: 21st October 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, action, insomniac games, platform, playstation 2, sony, sony computer entertainment america
279th played so far Genre: Action/Platform Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Insomniac Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America The systems of Sony seem littered with attempts at mascots. While Microsoft never set out to get one (focusing on shooters and characters like Master Chief more) and Nintendo and Sega were set with […]
#470 Stretch Panic/Freak Out
Posted: 7th September 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, conspiracy entertainment, platform, playstation 2, ps2, treasure co. ltd
268th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: PlayStation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Treasure Co. Ltd Publisher: Conspiracy Entertainment First, let’s settle a few confusing bits. While we list the game as Stretch Panic above, as that’s how it’s known in the US and Japan, in Europe it was released under the name Freak […]
#819 Braid
Posted: 14th August 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, microsoft game studios, number none inc, pc, platform, puzzle, xbox 360
262nd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: PC/XBox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Number None Inc. Publisher: Number None Inc., Microsoft Game Studios Some games have an initial concept and description that make the game more interesting from that alone. Braid is one of those. While essentially a platformer, the game introduces manipulation of […]
#139 Nebulus
Posted: 23rd February 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, hewson consultants, platform, triffix entertainment, Various
219th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Triffix Entertainment Inc. Publisher: Hewson Consultants As, in Pong and Beyond time, holidays draw to a close and we get ready to get back to fruitful work. It’s been fun, but we’ve got to make money (if only because we need to […]
#248 Plok
Posted: 30th January 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, activision, nintendo, platform, SNES, software creations, tradewest
213th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Software Creations Publisher: Activision/Tradewest/Nintendo Just as nice as the new games we say we find sometimes, are the blasts of the past we get by playing games we haven’t played in decades. Plok is one of these. I never owned it – […]
#994 VVVVVV
Posted: 18th January 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, pc, platform, puzzle, terry cavanagh
210th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: PC Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Terry Cavanagh Regardless of your thoughts of the Humble Indie Bundles they have been an absolute godsend for this blog. By being generous (oh we love to give) we have been able to grab a lot of games off of the 1001 […]
#162 The NewZealand Story
Posted: 29th December 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1988, platform, taito, Various
205th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito There are times that we (okay mostly me in this case at least) see a game in this book which intrigues us to the point that we really want to play. Nothing interesting there right? Well this game has […]