752nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Factor 5/LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts I had yet to kick off two Star Wars game series. Star Wars: TIE Fighter was still in the previous fifty and it focused on space combat, becoming incredibly accessible compared to other games in the […]
Posts Tagged ‘shoot ’em up’
#386 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Posted: 9th January 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, factor 5, lucasarts, pc, shoot 'em up
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#485 Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Posted: 28th December 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, bohemia interactive studio, codemasters, pc, shoot 'em up
749th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Bohemia Interactive Studio Publisher: Codemasters According to the book, this is the first soldier FPS – focused on the reality of participating in war rather than the shooter fantasies of, say, Quake (to use a not quite contemporary). More realistic […]
#218 Contra III: The Alien Wars
Posted: 26th December 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, konami, shoot 'em up, SNES
748th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami I’m making my way through the franchises I haven’t started yet, I am coming across some that I haven’t started because I haven’t really cared enough. The Contra series is another run and gun series – very […]
#280 Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Posted: 16th December 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, lucasarts, pc, shoot 'em up, totally games
747th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Totally Games Publisher: LucasArts There is a subset of Star Wars games that focuses on the space dog fights that are a part of the franchise – small crafts flying around as they chase each other around the large structures. […]
#845 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
Posted: 6th November 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, bizarre creations, microsoft game studios, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
737th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Bizarre Creations Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios After playing the first Geometry Wars game, I felt we played a nice shoot ’em up that was nice in shorter bursts. It didn’t sustain itself for too long, but the stripped down […]
#273 Sub-Terrania
Posted: 25th October 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, mega drive, scavenger, shoot 'em up, zyrinx
734th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Zyrinx Publisher: Scavenger While we’ve played some in cave, sometimes land your ship shoot em ups before – Lunar Lander being the obvious one – I have conincidentally picked this and Pixeljunk Shooter to be played closely together. Both […]
#990 PixelJunk Shooter
Posted: 1st October 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, double eleven, playstation 3, q-games, shoot 'em up
728th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Q-Games/Double Eleven Publisher: Q-Games Q-Games’ PixelJunk series combines simpler cartoonish graphics with decently in depth gameplay, as suits a downloadable console game. We’ve played the Monsters variant before, a decent tower defense game, and this is the other game […]
#453 Sin and Punishment
Posted: 3rd September 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, nintendo, nintendo 64, shoot 'em up, Treasure
721st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Treasure/Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo I’m slowly making my way through series with multiple entries, aking sure that I’ve at least started them – going by the numbers, I should have started them all. There are two entries in the Sin […]
#835 Gears of War 2
Posted: 13th July 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, epic games, microsoft game studios, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
708th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Microsoft’s big shooter franchise comes around again. We’ve played the first Gears of War a long time ago and while it was a fun co-op game, I must admit we never went back […]
705th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom For my own amusement and occasional help in picking games, I have a list of games, constantly updated, that I am looking forward to playing and those that I really don’t, and I’d rather just be done […]