237th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Jeremy Smith Publisher: Superior Software Now for a return to old style gaming. Games have for a long time tried to mix realism into their gameplay. Early on, Asteroids introduced inertia and related space flight to the games, and Lunar [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Various’
#124 Thrust
Posted: 6th May 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, jeremy smith, shoot 'em up, superior software, Various
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#216 Alone In The Dark
Posted: 12th April 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, infogrames, survival horror, Various
231st played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Infogrames Publisher: Infogrames Now here’s a game that I vaguely remember. Not as much playing it personally, but I had a friend who had this game and played through it quite a bit. There was shooting and there were zombies and [...]
#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 [...]
#105 Leader Board
Posted: 2nd January 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, access software, bruce carver, roger carver, sports, Various
206th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Bruce Carver & Roger Carver Publisher: Access Software Golf is an interesting game. It looks incredibly boring to my eyes – hitting balls in a direction and getting it in a hole, nothing new compared to other sports, yet without defenders now, [...]
#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 [...]
#281 Worms
Posted: 5th December 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, action, ocean software, Strategy, team17, Various
199th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Team17 Publisher: Ocean Software Show me someone who had a PC between the years 1995-2001 and you will have someone that has played Worms or at least one of the franchise. It’s going to be pretty hard to write this since everyone [...]
#886 Fieldrunners
Posted: 30th October 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2008, Strategy, subatomic studios, Various
190th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Subatomic Studios Publisher: Subatomic Studios Game 200 really feels incredibly close now. I can’t quite believe that are now reaching that 20% or 1-in-5. The whole idea that in little under two years we have reached such a milestone. One type of [...]
#151 Wizball
Posted: 18th October 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, ocean software, sensible software, shoot 'em up, Various
187th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Sensible Software Publisher: Ocean Software Continuing our run of “wow we’re getting close to 200 games… we need to play more pre-1990 games” we are taking on Wizball. It is our eventual hope that we will play so many of [...]
#217 Pinball Dreams
Posted: 10th October 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, 21st century entertainment, digital illusions ce, pinball, Various
185th played so far Genre: Pinball Platform: Various Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Digital Illusions CE Publisher: 21st Century Entertainment These days, pinball games are more or less a thing of the past. There might be a handful out there in casual games, but by and large, the industry has moved on. It’s not hard [...]
#334 Final Furlong, #269 Puzzle Bobble
Posted: 7th August 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, 1997, arcade, namco, puzzle, racing, taito, Various
As you have undoubtedly noticed we are, once again, doing two ames in one post. We did this two months ago after trawling the arcades of Piccadilly Circus so what could that mean? It was a grey Saturday. Slightly chilly and there was some spits of rain in the afternoon… so of course this is [...]