945th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Oliver Twins Publisher: Codemasters Both because of my interest in older games and to prep playing older games, I regularly read the Retro Gamer magazine for a while. I haven’t taken the time to do so in a while, but one of […]
Posts Tagged ‘1989’
#164 Fantasy World Dizzy
Posted: 8th April 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, adventure, codemasters, oliver twins, Various
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#171 Herzog Zwei
Posted: 30th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, mega drive, sega, Strategy, technosoft
942nd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Technosoft/Sega Strategy games that predate Dune II and others that created the RTS genre are always odd. When you get something turn based you can easily go back to the likes of Archon, while something like Power Monger has […]
#165 North & South
Posted: 3rd January 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, infogrames, Strategy, Various
920th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Infogrames Publisher: Infogrames I remember reading quite a bit of Belgian comic Blauwbloezen (Les Tuniques Bleues, more recently published as Bluecoats in English) when I was younger. I remember really enjoying them then, and while I’m sure there are a number of […]
#170 Revenge of the Shinobi
Posted: 26th August 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, mega drive, sega
893rd played so far Genre: Action Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega I’m sure I’ve mentioned wanting to make sure I spread out entries in a series, but I haven’t done a great job with Shinobi. I played the previous one just over two years ago, but here we’ve got […]
670th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Final Fight is not a one-on-one fighter (as I thought for some time) – instead it’s another beat ’em up like Double Dragon. I guess it’s just one to experience. Our Thoughts This mostly felt like a pretty straight […]
#177 Wonderboy III: The Dragon’s Trap
Posted: 2nd October 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, mega drive, platform, sega, westone
546th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Westone Publisher: Sega The late 80s and early 90s were filled with platformers, which is probably the reason why it still seems like main mode of gaming. Even early 3D consoles focused on it, combining it with 3D graphics to create […]
494th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Minesweeper! Until recently a game that anyone with a Windows machine would have played, now removed with Windows 8 and Windows 10 updates. We’ve played enough of it that it was a game we had to cover at some […]
#173 Populous
Posted: 4th January 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, Bullfrog, electronic arts, Strategy, Various
478th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Bullfrog Publisher: Electronic Arts Some time ago, when it was newer, I really enjoyed Populous: The Beginning, a strategy/simulation game with a focus on you being a deity. That game left you more in charge of a shaman honouring a god, while […]
449th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom I’ll admit, before playing Strider was categorized, in my mind, as a general samey-seeming group of games. Somewhere between platform, beat ’em up and action game, I would have easily confused it with something like Forgotten Worlds if I […]
#174 Prince of Persia
Posted: 11th October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, broderbund, platform, Various
370th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Broderbund Publisher: Broderbund Prince of Persia is a familiar title. I remember playing it on our old PC, back in the days, for some time unable to play it properly as the shift-key on the keyboard didn’t work – some cheating was […]