827th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Zed Two Publisher: Ocean/Infogrames Time for our next Nintendo 64 title of the batch. Wetrix has always been an interesting entry on the list – as much a tech demo for water physics as it’s a puzzle game using them. It’s […]
Archive for November, 2019
#385 Wetrix
Posted: 30th November 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, inforgrames, nintendo 64, ocean, puzzle, zed two
#367 1080 Degrees Snowboarding
Posted: 26th November 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, nintendo, nintendo 64, nintendo ead, sports
826th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Sometimes, going into a game, you know it’s not going to be great. After SSX Tricky was an early highlight, an earlier snowboarding game on the older Nintendo 64 will never quite live up – with nostalgia […]
#842 Age of Empires: Mythologies
Posted: 14th November 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, griptonite games, nintendo ds, Strategy, thq
825th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Griptonite Games Publisher: THQ The obvious route when adapting a real time strategy game like the Age of Empires series to consoles and handhelds is to make it turn based. You often need precision mouse movement and a lot of different […]
#708 God Hand
Posted: 10th November 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, capcom, clover studios, fighting, playstation 2
824th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Clover Studios Publisher: Capcom God Hand‘s lineage becomes clear when you look at the other games. Clover Studios made both Viewtiful Joe and Okami and a part of its creative team went on to make Bayonetta. All of that defines what […]
#155 Laser Squad
Posted: 6th November 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1988, blade software, Strategy, target games, Various
823rd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Target Games Publisher: Blade Software I’ve grouped the original Rebelstar and Laser Squad together – fairly primitive seeming tactical games that haven’t quite reached the deep mechanics UFO: Enemy Unknown brings to the genre. They look like interesting puzzle boxes, if a […]
#731 Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Posted: 2nd November 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, atlus, nintendo, simulation, wii
822nd played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus/Nintendo Going back to game series we first, and last, played a long time ago, the original Trauma Center was a fun surgery-based game that made good use of the touchscreen. It took me three quarters of the list – […]