195th played so far Genre: Action/Platform Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Castlevania’s one of those long running standard-setting series. You know, like Mario, Mega Man, Sonic and Kirby. Videogame series that have delivered several times and tend to be reliable enough to do a good job most of the time. […]
Posts Tagged ‘platform’
#202 Super Castlevania IV
Posted: 19th November 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, action, castlevania, konami, platform, SNES
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188th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: NES Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Some fifteen years ago, I first watched the Captain N TV series. They were, as you can imagine, awesome for the time – here was a hero who used a NES controller to get special powers and who fought […]
#380 Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus
Posted: 13th May 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1998, oddworld inhabitants, pc, platform
147th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Oddworld Inhabitants Publisher: GT Interactive Abe is adorable. He is one of the ugliest game heroes ever to grace a home console but he is adorable. The Oddworld series has had a bit of resurgence in the last year thanks to Steam […]
#848 LocoRoco 2
Posted: 19th April 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, platform, playstation portable, puzzle, sony
139th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: Playstation Portable Year of Release: 2008 Developer: SCE Japan Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment On this blog we like to put forward the idea that there is some form of consistency in this list… well there is not. There are instances where most of a franchise are on […]
#522 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Posted: 1st December 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2003, platform, playstation 2, Sucker Punch Productions
104th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Sucker Punch Productions Publisher: Sony There are many, many different platform gaming mascots out there. We’ve got the famous plumbers and blue hedgehogs, as well as dogs and birds, worms and space babes. In the future we’ll get more strange humans, […]
#275 Super Metroid
Posted: 22nd October 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, intelligent systems, metroid, nintendo, platform, shoot 'em up, SNES
94th game played so far Genre: Platform/Shoot ’em Up Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 1 Publisher: Nintendo One criticism that has been levied at our blog is that when we review classic games (such as Paradroid and Earthworm Jim) we tend to look at games through modern eyes. Whilst […]
#384 Sonic Adventure
Posted: 21st June 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1998, dreamcast, platform, sega, sonic
63rd game played so far Genre: Platformer Platform: Dreamcast Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Sonic. The second big mascot of the nineties, after Mario, and created to be its updated counterpart – blue, sleek and fast. Like Mario in Super Mario 64, Sonic too made a leap to 3D with this […]
#261 Earthworm Jim
Posted: 13th June 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, mega drive, platform, Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Shiny Entertainment, shoot 'em up, Virgin Interactive
61st game played so far Genre: Platform/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Shiny Entertainment Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment/Virgin Interactive Despite how big it must have been in some points, Earthworm Jim seems to have only slightly hit my life, bypassing me most of the time.ย There was a cartoon series […]