Posts Tagged ‘playstation’

#372 Xenogears

Posted: 26th March 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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133rd played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: Playstation Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Square Product Development Division 3 Publisher: Square The internet is great for many reasons. It allows us to order pizza without people laughing at your accent, it contains all the FAQs you could ever want and it brings people together. There […]

#258 Tekken

Posted: 6th January 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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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 […]

#319 Tomb Raider

Posted: 25th December 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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110th played so far Genre: Action Platform: PC/Playstation/Sega Saturn Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Core Design Publisher: Eidos Interactive Merry Christmas sports fans Pong and Beyond readers! No, we are not doing a write-up on Christmas Day as we have been busy with presents, dinner and I have been personally been busy thinking of ways […]

#357 Grand Theft Auto

Posted: 15th November 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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100th played so far!!! Genre: Action Platform: Playstation, PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: DMA Design Publisher: ASC Games They thought we would never make it this far. They said we were crazy to even start this blog (and by they I mean me) but here we are at Game 100 which means that we […]

#337 DoDonPachi

Posted: 21st September 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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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 […]

#447 Final Fantasy IX

Posted: 29th March 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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42nd game played so far Genre: Role Playing Game Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Square Publisher: Square So here we are, part three of our Final Fantasy playthrough trilogy from games donated earlier. After Final Fantasy VII, the adventures of disjointed steampunky Cloud, and Final Fantasy VIII, or Final Fantasy in a […]

#381 Metal Gear Solid

Posted: 17th March 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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39th game played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: PS1 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Once upon a time, in a distant gaming past, there was a fairly well-known platformer called Metal Gear. It did well, but the series was only truely revived when it was brought to the PlayStation as as a […]

#407 Final Fantasy VIII

Posted: 4th March 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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35th game played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Square-Exix Publisher: Sony Right. So previously we covered Final Fantasy VII, a game where a spiky-haired guy named ‘Cloud’ tried to save his world. Now we moved on to Final Fantasy VIII, which doesn’t share any plot but does […]

#343 Final Fantasy VII

Posted: 26th February 2011 by Jeroen in Games
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33rd game played so far Genre: Role-Playing Game Platform: Playstation 1 Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Square-Enix Publisher: Sony Final Fantasy is quite possibly the biggest RPG franchise known to man at this point in time. The game was named that because, when the first game was created, Square took a gamble by making it. […]