337th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito A while ago we covered Puzzle Bobble after a trip to Brighton in order to find the elusive game Final Furlong. The fact that we found it in some rather beaten up arcade on the seafront is pretty miraculous. […]
Posts Tagged ‘arcade’
324th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1979 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Some games are so well-known, they require no introduction. Our Thoughts I mean, do I really need to describe Asteroids? Line graphics, little ship that rotates and moves ahead, firing at rocks to split and destroy them. […]
317th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Our original plan for today was actually to play Salamander, but on further reading we found out that it had a prequel, Gradius (or Nemesis in most non-Japanese arcade versions), and is a part of a longer […]
316th played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco One of the more… interesting entries on our list of genres is the maze genre. Half of it are different Pac Man entries, there’s the previous Mr. Do, and then two other digging-based games. The old Boulder Dash, pretty […]
#52 Dragon’s Lair
Posted: 17th March 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, advanced microcomputer systems, adventure, arcade, cinematronics, interactive fiction, taito
315th played so far Genre: Adventure/Interactive Fiction Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Advanced Microcomputer Systems Publisher: Cinematronics/Taito Today, again, we play one of the games we (or I) have been most curious about since the start of this blog. Dragon’s Lair is an early adventure games, but using the Disney animation style we […]
311th played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Namco Publisher: Midway Pac-Man is probably one of the most recognised gaming characters out there – in fact, he probably is the most recognised out of all of them. His simple shape and early mascot status seems to make this all but […]
#10 Lunar Lander
Posted: 17th February 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1979, arcade, atari, flight simulator
308th played so far Genre: Flight Simulator Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1979 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Going back in time almost as far as we can go, Lunar Lander is one of the last remaining games of the seventies that we have to cover. Its premise? Simple. Land a lunar lander on the moon […]
#641 Golden Tee Live
Posted: 13th December 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, arcade, incredible technologies, sports
292nd played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Incredible Technologies Publisher: Incredible Technologies Yeah, you read that right. For those of you who’ve been following our adventures for a while, you will know why that title matters. If not, it’s quite simple. Golden Tee Live is one of our big […]
286th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Some games (I’m sorry to say) are just too difficult to really describe for these introductions. 1943 (: the Battle of Midway) is one of those. It is a vertical scrolling manic shooter. You’re an American shooting […]
#90 Gauntlet
Posted: 25th October 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1985, action, arcade, atari, atari games
280th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1985 Developer: Atari Games Publisher: Atari Games Regular readers may remember that this set of fifty games are all games I haven’t played before. And today we get a game where we are very strict about this, as I’ve played the hell out of […]