Archive for September, 2011

#264 Tempest 2000

Posted: 29th September 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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88th game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Atari Jaguar Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Ah the early nineties. It was a simpler time with aย  recession, no iPods, John Major was the Prime Minister and game titles contained multiples of 1000 in order to look futuristic. Tempest 2000 is […]

#130 Super Hang-On

Posted: 25th September 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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87th game played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Super Hang-On is a motor cycling racing game. That’s the big thing to say here. To be honest, not knowing the genre, there’s not much more we can say about it this time. It’s a big racing game […]

#337 DoDonPachi

Posted: 21st September 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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86th game played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade/Saturn/Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Cave Publisher: Atlus Right, here’s the thing. We are incredibly behind in our coverage of shoot ’em ups. This marks the fifth game out of over 150… so we are really REALLY behind. DoDonPachi stands as the first game […]

#938 Killzone 2

Posted: 17th September 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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85th game played so far Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Guerilla Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment And so we continue our journey into games defined by, well, shooting people. Thanks to the games we recently borrowed, we’ll be playing more of these… meaning we’ve been training our trigger […]

#775 Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Posted: 13th September 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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84th game played so far Genre: Puzzle/Adventure Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Level-5 Publisher: Level-5 One of the more interesting new DS franchises is Professor Layton. A traveling puzzle solver, the professor tries to find treasure and solve mysteries through… solving puzzles. Because THAT is how you should apprehend criminals. It seems […]

#666 Trauma Center: Under The Knife

Posted: 9th September 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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83rd game played so far Genre: Medical Simulation Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus And so we have reached the game of the beast, how ironic it is that game 666 is one where you are trying to save people’s lives. Surely a game such as Devil May Cry or […]

#78 Demolition Derby

Posted: 5th September 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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82nd game played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Bally Midway Publisher: Bally Midway Time for something simpler. Racing, hitting cars, and being the last man standing. Demolition Derby came out years ago, and its goal was simple, based on the actual events seen in America and outside it. This […]

#617 The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Posted: 1st September 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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81st game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Okay, so this is the last of the Kat games (thank you again) as well as being the first that we have written exclusively using our new (or old when this will be published) website. It is a […]