Posts Tagged ‘1991’

#199 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge

Posted: 26th July 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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443rd played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1991 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts It’s honestly surprising to me that it’s been nearly a year since we played The Secret of Monkey Island – we really enjoyed it and breezed through it, helped with me remembering half the puzzles. I have also played […]

#209 Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

Posted: 8th June 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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431st played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Interplay Publisher: Interplay The Star Trek TV series is a surprising resilient science fiction series – between tv series, movies and recent revivals it has been around for 49 years now (at the time of writing). And as beloved as it is […]

#200 Super Mario World

Posted: 19th May 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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426th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo This game feels like one of those games everyone has heard of – as a SNES launch title, nearly everyone probably played it and has good memories of it. The sequel to Super Mario Bros. 3 – I understand […]

#198 Loom

Posted: 3rd January 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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392nd played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Lucasfilm Games Publisher: Lucasfilm Games Loom has been on my radar for quite a while. As a Lucasarts game, it should be something I’d want to play after the likes of The Secret of Monkey Island or Sam & Max Hit the […]

#211 Sonic the Hedgehog

Posted: 25th February 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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310th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Wow. Back to Sonic already. Despite its status as big mascot, rivaling Mario at one time, only three games are listed, in contrast with Mario’s… well, lots. Not surprising considering the massive fall from grace the Sonic […]

#201 Another World

Posted: 17th December 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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293th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Delphine Software Publisher: Delphine Software I’ll be honest – before this blog, I hadn’t really heard of this game, but its legacy had interested for me a lot longer. Another World (Out of this World in the US) is the brainchild of […]

#202 Super Castlevania IV

Posted: 19th November 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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195th played so far Genre: Action/Platform Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Castlevania’s one of those long running standard-setting series. You know, like Mario, Mega Man, Sonic and Kirby. Videogame series that have delivered several times and tend to be reliable enough to do a good job most of the time. […]

#203 Civilization

Posted: 15th February 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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123rd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1991 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: Microprose I have a slight confession to make here. While early on we said we’d play a game for five hours or until we completed it, we haven’t always followed is as strictly – if we got a good idea, […]

#214 Micro Machines

Posted: 4th May 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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51st game played so far Genre: Racing/Driving Platform: NES Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Camerica After the marathon that was Baldur’s Gate II it’s time for a quick race to the finish (no pun intended). Based on the very successful Micro Machine toys this game started a very lucrative series where the first […]