946th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Williams Electronics Publisher: WMS Industries It appears that Narc was another controversial game back when it was released because of the amount of violence in the game. That, I suspect, will be a quaint complaint knowing where we are now, […]
Posts Tagged ‘shoot ’em up’
#160 Narc
Posted: 11th April 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1988, arcade, shoot 'em up, williams electronics wms industries
#542 Freedom Fighters
Posted: 19th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, electronic arts, io interactive, shoot 'em up, Various
939th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 2003 Developer: IO Interactive Publisher: Electronic Arts Somehow I seem to have left all my IO Interactive games until the end – I played both Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman: Blood Money pretty recently. I mean, on an 11 year schedule […]
#360 Interstate ’76
Posted: 28th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, activision, driving, shoot 'em up
934th played so far Genre: Driving/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Activision Publisher: Activision That’s right – it’s taking until the last 100 on the list to play the only driving/shoot ’em up game on the list. Where other games have been okay to let you shoot while driving sometimes – […]
#184 Out Zone
Posted: 16th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, arcade, romstar, shoot 'em up, tecmo, toaplan
931st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Tecmo/Romstar/Toaplan While I admit I’ve never heard of them, it sounds like the main reason Out Zone is on this list is because it is one of the bigger games from its developer, Toaplan, who were apparently a […]
#288 Descent
Posted: 31st January 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, interplay productions, parallax software, shoot 'em up, Various
927th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Parallax Software Publisher: Interplay Productions Sorry, I guess there was another game waiting that I was familiar with – although I never ended up playing it myself, I had friends get into Descent before and watched it being played. I […]
#974 Red Faction Guerilla
Posted: 27th January 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, pc, playstation 3, shoot 'em up, thq, volition, xbox 360
926th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/Playstation 3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Volition Publisher: THQ I’ve really enjoyed the Saints Row series stylings, both the aggressive glee of the second games and the over the top feeling of its sequels even after it descends into hell, and weirdly Red Faction […]
#141 Galaga ’88
Posted: 11th January 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, arcade, atari games, namco, shoot 'em up
922nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco/Atari Games We’ve had a lot of games in the Space Invaders mold already, including the original Galaga which updated the basic game by adding in swooping in, changing formations. They are some interesting games, and I believe […]
#510 Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
Posted: 4th December 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, gathering of developers, illusion softworks, pc, shoot 'em up
913th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Illusion Softworks Publisher: Gathering of Developers While Mafia was in development before Grand Theft Auto III was released, it’s hard to shake the impression that this came is building on that game from the first look. The open world games […]
#574 R-Type Final
Posted: 6th November 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, irem, playstation 2, shoot 'em up
906th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem R-Type Final is the final of the three R-Type games that we’ve played, with R-Type Delta being the middle game. They were both good looking horizontal shooters that were difficult – but I could make enough […]
#376 Radiant Silvergun
Posted: 19th September 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, entertainment software publishing, saturn, sega, sega saturn, shoot 'em up, Treasure
899th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Sega Saturn Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Entertainment Software Publishing/Sega I feel like I’ve been running into a lot of Treasure’s games lately. Silhouette Mirage was a recent action platformer, but with Radiant Silvergun we follow the trend of Sin and Punishment and Gradius […]