Posts Tagged ‘gamecube’

#501 Metroid Prime

Posted: 11th August 2016 by Jeroen in Games
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533rd played so far Genre: Action/First-Person Shooter Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Retro Studios Publisher: Nintendo The Metroid Prime series is Metroid done as a first-person shooter, an interesting variation on the theme that was experimental at the time. So when we started playing Metroid Prime, we did so using the Wii remastered […]

#528 Super Mario Sunshine

Posted: 20th June 2016 by Jeroen in Games
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520th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Somehow, Super Mario Sunshine is the mian series Mario game I’ve seen least of so far. I have seen some of the designs and seen the rough plot outline, but I’m not sure I’ve even seen it in […]

309th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: XBox/PS2/Gamecube Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Free Radical Design Publisher: EA Games It has been a while since we previously covered TimeSplitters 2, a shame considering it’s one of Peter’s favourite FPS series. Before we started playing this there was actually a bit of panic. It took […]

255th played so far Genre: Action/Role Playing Platform: PlayStation 2/Gamecube/XBox Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Snowblind Studios Publisher: Interplay Entertainment Now for something interesting. We all know I love Baldur’s Gate II – so surely I must enjoy the more actionny spin-off? Well, all it shares is the name and vague setting, beyond that there’s […]

239th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: PS2/Gamecube/Xbox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: AKI Corporation, EA Canada Publisher: Electronic Arts It’s official, the drought of fighting games is now over. 50 games since we last covered one (Splatterhouse) and finally we doing our next one as part of X-Fest. The main reason for this is […]

#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 […]

#597 Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Posted: 27th November 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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103rd played so far Genre: Action Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Silicon Knights, Konami Publisher: Konami In the course of this blog we always enjoy debating whether or not a particular game belongs on the list but we were in complete agreement about this one: a resounding no. We are so adament about […]

#656 Killer7

Posted: 7th November 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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98th played so far Genre: Adventure/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Gamecube/PS2 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Publisher: Capcom Suda51 is one messed up dude. Yes, with three years of a psychology degree I have come to this conclusionย  that this huge figure in gaming probably has a screw loose somewhere in the depths of […]

#617 The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Posted: 1st September 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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81st game played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Okay, so this is the last of the Kat games (thank you again) as well as being the first that we have written exclusively using our new (or old when this will be published) website. It is a […]

#569 Tales of Symphonia

Posted: 24th August 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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79th game played so far Genre: RPG Platform: Gamecube/PS2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Where Square Enix has the incredibly successful Final Fantasy games as their foothold in the role-playing genre Namco have their own, albeit less successful, Tales franchise. With two parallel running franchises as well as forays into he world […]