Posts Tagged ‘driving’

#176 Stunt Car Racer

Posted: 28th May 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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336th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Microstyle Publisher: Microprose/Microplay Now is the time for us to make another random pick from the slowly shrinking list of games. After a few re-rolls (since we still do not have access to every game on this list) we happen across a […]

238th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Xbox Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Digital Illusions CE Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios As you know, we had to obtain an Xbox a while ago to go with our Steel Battalion controller. We didn’t make much use of it since, but knew we’d need it for the games […]

#608 Ridge Racer

Posted: 28th April 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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235th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: PSP Year of Release:ย  2004 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco There’s several games in this series, with two others sharing the title, and one (the 1993 edition) being on the list for future play as well. I guess that means it’s a notable, good racing game, but I’ll be […]

#403 Ferrari F355 Challenge

Posted: 17th December 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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202nd played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Arcade/Dreamcast Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega So a few months ago (at the time you read this, that is), we went to Disneyland Paris. A nice diversion that turned out to be an amazing time off. The stories about that are for another time, but […]

#299 Sega Rally Championship

Posted: 27th August 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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174th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1995 Developer: AM5 Publisher: Sega Did I ever tell you my father did some rally driving? While he was more often around to repair the cars (for one of the better teams in the country), he also got to be a navigator on a […]

#497 Burnout 2: Point of Impact

Posted: 17th December 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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108th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Gamecube/PS2/Xbox Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Criterion Games Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment A racing game? Yeah. A sequel to another one. What does it advertise as its own special feature? High risk racing. Crashes. This isn’t about bashing cars out of the way to get past… although breaking them […]

#78 Demolition Derby

Posted: 5th September 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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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 […]

#464 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

Posted: 4th August 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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74th game played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Polyphony Digital Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Between the two of us there is probably no genre of video game that we can not cover with grace and enthusiasm… except for realistic racing games. Despite one of us having links to […]

#214 Micro Machines

Posted: 4th May 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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51st game played so far Genre: Racing/Driving Platform: NES Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Camerica After the marathon that was Baldur’s Gate II it’s time for a quick race to the finish (no pun intended). Based on the very successful Micro Machine toys this game started a very lucrative series where the first […]