Posts Tagged ‘1986’

#124 Thrust

Posted: 6th May 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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237th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Jeremy Smith Publisher: Superior Software Now for a return to old style gaming. Games have for a long time tried to mix realism into their gameplay. Early on, Asteroids introduced inertia and related space flight to the games, and Lunar […]

#105 Leader Board

Posted: 2nd January 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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206th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Bruce Carver & Roger Carver Publisher: Access Software Golf is an interesting game. It looks incredibly boring to my eyes – hitting balls in a direction and getting it in a hole, nothing new compared to other sports, yet without defenders now, […]

#112 Kid Icarus

Posted: 22nd October 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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188th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: NES Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Some fifteen years ago, I first watched the Captain N TV series. They were, as you can imagine, awesome for the time – here was a hero who used a NES controller to get special powers and who fought […]

#114 Ikari Warriors

Posted: 3rd August 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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167th played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: SNK Publisher: Tradewest Do you know what this game signifies? We have now covered 1 in 6 games on the list! Woo! This is a bit of a mini landmark so it’s fair that this game is also a mini […]

#119 Defender of the Crown

Posted: 10th January 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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114th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Kellyn Beck Publisher: Cinemaware Here’s a bit of a blast from the past for me. You see, Defender of the Crown is one of those games I played lots on the NES (borrowing it several times) and one of the games I […]