564th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami The nice thing about sometimes grabbing the next game in order is that these tend to cover genres that I otherwise would often be reluctant to touch. I am nearly constantly behind on playing shoot ’em ups […]
Posts Tagged ‘1982’
#46 Time Pilot
Posted: 14th December 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1982, arcade, konami, shoot 'em up
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545th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Bally Midway Publisher: Bally Midway I was listening to a podcast yesterday that talked about movies made from video games, and movies made concerning video games (even if they’re not real) and somehow Tron didn’t come up. This is the videogame of […]
#44 Sokoban
Posted: 19th August 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1982, hiroyuki imabayashi, puzzle, thinking rabbit, Various
535th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Hiroyuki Imabayashi Publisher: Thinking Rabbit Sokoban feels like it’s one of the better known puzzle games out there, to the point where Nethack names a set of floors after it. Box-shoving and boulder-shoving comes down to the same thing after all. I […]
522th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Moon Patrol is a name that evokes plenty of options. If it was a survival horror, we’d be crawling around tense tunnels. In other shooters we might be running over the surface. When in the 80s, an action arcade […]
#39 Miner 2049er
Posted: 16th June 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1982, big five software, platform, Various
519th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Big Five Software Publisher: Big Five Software It has been a while since I’ve played Bounty Bob Strikes Back, the sequel to this game. It was a charming but essentially outdated game at the time I played it. With Miner 2049er, then, […]
#37 Robotron 2084
Posted: 29th April 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1982, arcade, shoot 'em up, vid kidz, williams electronics
507th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Vid Kidz Publisher: Williams Electronics Robotron 2084 is yet another shooter. not something that thrills me most days. Fine, but little more. I think I best just play it. Our Thoughts Robotron 2084 looks pretty simple – even for its […]
#36 Choplifter
Posted: 24th March 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1982, broderbund, dan gorlin, shoot 'em up, Various
498th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Dan Gorlin Publisher:ย Broderbund It seems to have been a while since we last did a game in order and it felt like a good idea to put one in. We are, of course, still behind on Shoot ‘Em Ups, […]
#35 The Hobbit
Posted: 8th January 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1982, beam software, interactive fiction, melbourne house, Various
479th played so far Genre: Interactive Fiction Platform: Various Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Beam Software Publisher: Melbourne House It’s been a while since we’ve played a text adventure, isn’t it? It certainly feels that way. And while The Hobbit technically isn’t, the version we’re playing having some graphics, they’re simple interpretations that don’t actually […]
461st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Back in time again, we’re grabbing one of our old shoot ’em ups to cross off some old games. Gravitar comes from Atari’s stable and runs with what seems like vector graphics. Without any other reference, we’d […]
393rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Gottlieb Publisher: Gottlieb We have many reasons why we pick a game, something we sometimes expand on – whether it’s random or genre-focused. Q*Bert has a clearer, more frivolous reason: We were watching Wreck-It Ralph again and Q*Bert characters have a small […]