Archive for November, 2014

#19 Phoenix

Posted: 28th November 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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383rd played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Amstar Publisher: Centuri/Taito Phoenix appears to be another Space Invaders-inspired vertical shooter. Brilliant. More interesting, the name of the game is not because of the connection to mystical birds – at least, not at first. The developers were based in […]

#16 Tempest

Posted: 24th November 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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382nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Flashback time! We played the sequel of this game before, as Tempest 2000. Familiarity may occur. Our Thoughts With our other memorable remake, the rather deplorable and (to us) unnecessary Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, we […]

#921 Football Manager 2010

Posted: 20th November 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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381st played so far Genre: Sports Platform: PC/PSP Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Sports Interactive Publisher: SEGA After the release of the list’s second edition, 20 games were removed, with twelve of them unplayed so far. For completeness and because we wanted to try some of them, we decided to still play these twelve, but […]

#508 Kingdom Hearts

Posted: 20th November 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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380th played so far Genre: Action/Role-Playing Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Square Publisher: Square/SCEE Here’s a game that has been long coming. I’ve been curious about Kingdom Hearts since soon after I heard of it, but never really had a chance to play it. I got close to having a chance to […]

379th played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: PC/Xbox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Publisher: LucasArts It’s been a while since we played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Since then, after it got to the top of the queue, I finished the game and thought it was time to try the sequel. […]

#346 Gran Turismo

Posted: 12th November 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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378th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Gran Turismo cars are luxury touring cars – the high performance semi-racers that allow you to travel fast, for long distances, in comfort and style – or so Wikipedia tells me. The word is Italian, […]

377th played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: Game Boy Advance Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Gamefreak Publisher: Nintendo/The Pokémon Company If we timed it right, this entry will go live around the same time this game’s remakes will be released. It’s not something we can normally arrange this easily, but for once the numbers worked […]

#298 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

Posted: 4th November 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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376th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Sierra On-Line Publisher: Sierra On-Line For a long time now, my personal page on this blog has listed, as one of the biggest omissions in the list, the Sierra adventure games. As you can see above, this is a Sierra On-Line game. […]