436th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts ย An FPS set in the Star Wars universe? The two seem made for each other. Let’s just do this. Our Thoughts While it often makes sense to unlock your powers one step at a time, giving you a […]
Posts Tagged ‘1997’
#351 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Posted: 28th June 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, first person shooter, lucasarts, pc
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#346 Gran Turismo
Posted: 12th November 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, driving, playstation, sony computer entertainment
378th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Gran Turismo cars are luxury touring cars – the high performance semi-racers that allow you to travel fast, for long distances, in comfort and style – or so Wikipedia tells me. The word is Italian, […]
#358 Ultima Online
Posted: 23rd March 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, electronic arts, MMORPG, origin systems, pc
226th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Origin Systems Publisher: Electronic Arts And I suppose it’s about time we start with the granddaddy of them all. Ultima Online is one of the first MMORPGs, and with its rise being at the same time as the rise of the internet, […]
183rd played so far Genre: Music Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Music games started out in the arcade. I think we can all agree on this since all the home peripherals that we have grown to love (by storing them on top of a wardrobe alongside that dragon kite you […]
#334 Final Furlong, #269 Puzzle Bobble
Posted: 7th August 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, 1997, arcade, namco, puzzle, racing, taito, Various
As you have undoubtedly noticed we are, once again, doing two ames in one post. We did this two months ago after trawling the arcades of Piccadilly Circus so what could that mean? It was a grey Saturday. Slightly chilly and there was some spits of rain in the afternoon… so of course this is […]
#340 Dungeon Keeper
Posted: 25th May 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, Bullfrog, electronic arts, pc, Strategy
150th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Bullfrog Publisher: Electronic Arts As we’ve mentioned before, for these landmark numbers for games we like to find a game that’s somewhat meaningful for us – we care about or such. For the 50’s Jeroen gets a ‘joy game’ whilst I take […]
#357 Grand Theft Auto
Posted: 15th November 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1997, action, DMA Design, pc, playstation
100th played so far!!! Genre: Action Platform: Playstation, PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: DMA Design Publisher: ASC Games They thought we would never make it this far. They said we were crazy to even start this blog (and by they I mean me) but here we are at Game 100 which means that we […]
#337 DoDonPachi
Posted: 21st September 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, arcade, cave, playstation, saturn, shoot 'em up
86th game played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade/Saturn/Playstation Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Cave Publisher: Atlus Right, here’s the thing. We are incredibly behind in our coverage of shoot ’em ups. This marks the fifth game out of over 150… so we are really REALLY behind. DoDonPachi stands as the first game […]
#343 Final Fantasy VII
Posted: 26th February 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, final fantasy, playstation, RPG, square
33rd game played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Square-Enix Publisher: Sony Final Fantasy is quite possibly the biggest RPG franchise known to man at this point in time. The game was named that because, when the first game was created, Square took a gamble by making it. […]