So yeah, as you can see we’re doing three games in one post – three arcade shoot ’em ups, in fact. Please allow me to explain. Today (as I’m writing this, that is), we were out in London for a private celebration and, having some time to spare, Peter suggested we’d visit the London Trocadero. […]
Posts Tagged ‘arcade’
#268 Point Blank, #317 Time Crisis, #451 Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette
Posted: 5th May 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, 1996, 2000, arcade, konami, namco, playstation, shoot 'em up
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#6 Space Invaders
Posted: 23rd February 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1978, arcade, shoot 'em up, taito
125th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade (and then everywhere) Year of Release: 1978 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Just as we reach our one in eight games point (awesome!), we thought about doing a proper classic. And as far as imagery go, you can’t get much more classic than Space Invaders and […]
#54 Mad Planets
Posted: 7th February 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1983, arcade, gottlieb, shoot 'em up
121st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Gottlieb Publisher: Gottlieb Have you ever watched or heard something and thought that it would make for a fantastic computer game? I know I have. Too many times to be completely honest. (If a developer ever reads this please make […]
#258 Tekken
Posted: 6th January 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, arcade, fighting, namco, playstation
113th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade, Playstation Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Ah Tekken, you were the franchise that started my love for the humble beat ’em up game. Technically Tekken 2 is the game that got me into them… but since this is where the whole thing began I […]
87th game played so far Genre: Racing Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Super Hang-On is a motor cycling racing game. That’s the big thing to say here. To be honest, not knowing the genre, there’s not much more we can say about it this time. It’s a big racing game […]
#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 […]
#78 Demolition Derby
Posted: 5th September 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, arcade, bally midway, driving
82nd game played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Bally Midway Publisher: Bally Midway Time for something simpler. Racing, hitting cars, and being the last man standing. Demolition Derby came out years ago, and its goal was simple, based on the actual events seen in America and outside it. This […]
70th game played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Konami Publisher: Sega Why did the frog cross the road? Because he wanted to get home from work. There’s premise of Frogger for you. Cross the road, avoiding cars, trucks, racing drivers, snakes, crocodiles and sinking in a river. It’s an […]
49th game played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Universal Publisher: Taito Now, as one of the last in our quest to play little known, obscure games not on the list, we’re going to cover our first ‘Maze’ game, an old variant of Dig Dug where you go around as […]
#507 Soulcalibur II
Posted: 15th January 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2002, arcade, fighting, gamecube, namco, playstation 2, xbox
19th game played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Various Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco It is with great pleasure that I introduce our first attempts at covering a fighting game! Being a long-time exponent of the fighting genre it was great to see so many included on the list itself, and there […]