1003rd played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts While I missed out playing some minor titles – Labyrinth and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – I have played all the really known Lucasarts adventure games once I’ve played today’s game. I haven’t quite finished all of […]
Posts Tagged ‘adventure’
#729 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Posted: 14th September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, action, adventure, gamecube, nintendo, nintendo ead, wii
998th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Gamecube/Wii Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo As I’m starting to round up games, it’s time to say goodbye to another major franchise. I’ve always enjoyed the look of The Legend of Zelda series, my experience was always with the original 2D entries, with the […]
#204 Cruise for a Corpse
Posted: 2nd September 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, adventure, amiga, atari ST, delphine software international, erbe software, interplay productions, pc, u.s. gold
994th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Amiga/Atari ST/PC Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Delphine Software International Publisher: Erbe Software/Interplay Productions/U.S. Gold As I wanted to make sure I left a LucasArts adventure until the end, today’s conventional point & click adventure is Cruise for a Corpse, an interesting take on the formula that focuses […]
#929 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Posted: 22nd July 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, action, adventure, iphone, nintendo ds, psp, Rockstar Games, rockstar leeds, rockstar north
980th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Nintendo DS/PSP/iPhone Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North Publisher: Rockstar Games For the final Grand Theft Auto series we go to something atypical for the modern series – a handheld entry in the series that I’m sure will be compromise. The game has an overhead perspective […]
#879 Tomb Raider Underworld
Posted: 4th July 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, action, adventure, crystal dynamics, eidos interactive, Various
974th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Eidos Interactive It’s hard not to feel that the Tomb Raider franchise has been overtaken. They are still decently well regarded, but after the most recent entries it seems like the series has lost it a bit. It doesn’t […]
#331 Blade Runner
Posted: 16th June 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, adventure, pc, Virgin Interactive, westwood studios
968th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Westwood Studios Publisher: Virgin Interactive As I’m writing this, Cyberpunk 2077 has been released a few weeks ago and its first big patch failed to make any sort of dent in the bad reception of the game. It’s odd to watch from […]
#850 Ninja Gaiden II
Posted: 26th May 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, adventure, fighting, microsoft, team ninja, xbox 360
961st played so far Genre: Adventure/Fighting Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Team Ninja Publisher: Microsoft One of the stranger and more frustrating features of the list are the near-duplicate games. I feel I have only played a single Ninja Gaiden game, but did it twice because of the Ninja Gaiden Black upgrade […]
#276 Beneath A Steel Sky
Posted: 29th April 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, adventure, amiage, pc, revolution software, virgin interactive entertainment
952nd played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC/Amiga Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Revolution Software Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment I know Revolution Software’s games mostly from the Broken Sword series, of which I’ve played the first four and backed the fifth – I still need to play it at some point, when we’ve got more […]
#164 Fantasy World Dizzy
Posted: 8th April 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, adventure, codemasters, oliver twins, Various
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 […]
#150 Sid Meier’s Pirates
Posted: 8th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, action, adventure, microprose, Various
936th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse Sid Meier is of course most known for the Civilization series that bears his name, although even from Civilization II he has not been the lead designer on the game, seemingly spending as much time exploring other game ideas […]