Posts Tagged ‘atari’

#5 Combat

Posted: 23rd November 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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287th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: VCS Year of Release: 1977 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Here’s an interesting landmark for you: As far as we can work out, Combat is the first game on the list that was developed specifically for a home gaming onsole and at home gaming, the Atari VCS […]

#790 The Witcher

Posted: 11th November 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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284th played so far Genre: Action/Role-Playing Platform: PC Year of Release: 2007 Developer: CD Projekt Red Publisher: Atari, Inc. Woo, awesome. Here’s a game I’ve been looking forward to for a while (pretty much the start of the blog – it’s on my list of games to play anyway). This was helped, too, by our […]

#90 Gauntlet

Posted: 25th October 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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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 […]

#167 Midwinter

Posted: 14th January 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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209th played so far Genre: Action/Role Playing Platform: PC/Amiga/Atari Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Maelstrom Games Publisher: Microplay Software Some games look and sound just a bit different – slightly off, with an interesting concept and mechanics that make you want to try them. Not necessarily a game that will become a favourite, not one […]

#3 Breakout

Posted: 2nd March 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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127th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 1976 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Games really do not get much older than this (with the exception of the earlier covered game Pong and the first actual game on the list). I would like the reason we chose to do this game to be […]

#264 Tempest 2000

Posted: 29th September 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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88th game played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Atari Jaguar Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari Ah the early nineties. It was a simpler time with aย  recession, no iPods, John Major was the Prime Minister and game titles contained multiples of 1000 in order to look futuristic. Tempest 2000 is […]

#49 Archon

Posted: 10th April 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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45th game played so far Genre: Fighting/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Free Fall Associates Take chess. Add an extra row to the board, with a few more pieces. Change the looks of them, to divide them visually and give them seperate abilities.ย  Have pieces battle each other instead of automatically capturing others.ย  […]

#2 Pong

Posted: 22nd November 2010 by Jeroen in Games
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It’s the first game!!! Genre: Sports game Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1972 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari The year is 2184 and evolution has brought us to our pinacle. Humanity consists of paddles and has but one goal in life: Stay entertained by throwing balls at… Okay, never mind. There’s no story in Pong. There’s […]

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