945th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Oliver Twins Publisher: Codemasters Both because of my interest in older games and to prep playing older games, I regularly read the Retro Gamer magazine for a while. I haven’t taken the time to do so in a while, but one of […]
Posts Tagged ‘Various’
#164 Fantasy World Dizzy
Posted: 8th April 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, adventure, codemasters, oliver twins, Various
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#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 […]
#150 Sid Meier’s Pirates
Posted: 8th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, action, adventure, microprose, Various
936th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse Sid Meier is of course most known for the Civilization series that bears his name, although even from Civilization II he has not been the lead designer on the game, seemingly spending as much time exploring other game ideas […]
#612 Puyo Pop Fever
Posted: 24th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, puzzle, sega, sonic team, Various
933rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Oh man, here we’ve got another version of the block dropping puzzle genre. Not to say that they’re bad – the popularity of Tetris is obvious and I’ve enjoyed many other games in the area. It’s just that […]
#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 […]
924th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Epyx Publisher: Epyx The Epyx’s Something Games series had quite a large range of them – with California Games being the one I’ve known for ages, Summer Games kicking off and all of it being inspired by the Track & Field series […]
#712 Hitman: Blood Money
Posted: 7th January 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, eidos interactive, io interactive, stealth, Various
921st played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: Various Year of Release: 2006 Developer: IO Interactive Publisher: Eidos Interactive I have had a difficult time with Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. I had heard a lot about the later iterations and their freedom, but the difficulty of the game meant that I never got that far in. […]
#165 North & South
Posted: 3rd January 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, infogrames, Strategy, Various
920th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Infogrames Publisher: Infogrames I remember reading quite a bit of Belgian comic Blauwbloezen (Les Tuniques Bleues, more recently published as Bluecoats in English) when I was younger. I remember really enjoying them then, and while I’m sure there are a number of […]
#152 Carrier Command
Posted: 14th November 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1988, rainbird, realtime games, Strategy, Various
908th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Realtime Games Publisher: Rainbird I’ve been in control of planes and cars for this lists, very immersive mechs and various different spaceships. One thing that I don’t think I’ve touched, however, are aircraft carriers and similar massive ships. That’s all about to […]
#301 Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Posted: 29th October 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, capcom, puzzle, Various
904th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom It feels like there was this era where Capcom created almost-parody games of itself. While SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash is a proper game, there’s also something odd about its use of the franchises. Super Puzzle Fighter II […]