Posts Tagged ‘simulation’

#664 Nintendogs

Posted: 8th October 2021 by Jeroen in Games
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1006th played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo I’ve skipped really dealing with these sorts of ‘pet simulations’, with Eyepet being the other main item on the list (that isn’t a life simulation where you’re influencing humans). Where Eyepet was just as impressive because of […]

#670 Silent Hunter III

Posted: 26th December 2020 by Jeroen in Games
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918th played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Ubisoft Bucharest Publisher: Ubisoft One of the weirder games we had for our old, 2 5.25″ floppy drive only PCs was called GATO. It was a real time submarine simulator that took me years to figure out – helped by having to […]

#681 X3: Reunion

Posted: 12th March 2020 by Jeroen in Games
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852nd played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Egosoft Publisher: Deep Silver/Enlight While the Elite games define a genre, others take after them too. X3: Reunion is one of them. The third part of the story – the fourth being released less than two years ago – it seems to […]

#731 Trauma Center: Second Opinion

Posted: 2nd November 2019 by Jeroen in Games
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822nd played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus/Nintendo Going back to game series we first, and last, played a long time ago, the original Trauma Center was a fun surgery-based game that made good use of the touchscreen. It took me three quarters of the list – […]

#437 Elasto Mania

Posted: 5th July 2018 by Jeroen in Uncategorized
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706th played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Balazs Rozsa Publisher: Balazs Rozsa Sometimes, an indie physics simulation is what you need to play. The screenshots of Elasto Mania – a motor cycle racing game with early 2000s simple graphics never quite sat with the memory of a game description […]

#1007 Minecraft

Posted: 10th July 2016 by Jeroen in Games
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525th played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Various Year of Release: 2011 Developer: Mojang Publisher: Mojang Minecraft must be one of the biggest game success stories of the past decade, responsible for the success of many streams and streaming sites, as well as the rise of Mojang and all that that entails. We’ve played around […]

#865 Sins of a Solar Empire

Posted: 5th June 2014 by Jeroen in Games
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338th played so farGenre: Strategy/Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Ironclad Games Publisher: Stardock I’ll be honest. There are certain games where, once I realise what they are, I look forward to playing, because I am fairly sure they’ll push the right buttons. Sins of a Solar Empire is a spiritual successor to […]

281st played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: SCE London Studio/Playlogic Game Factory Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Virtual pet games seem to be one of those love and hate things for me. Yeah, I’ve been there for the Tamagotchi craze (via, to be fair, one of its rip-offs), but […]

#813 Afrika

Posted: 30th August 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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266th played so far Genre: Simulation Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Rhino Studios Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment/Natsume Following Bonsai Barber, today another one of the weirder games we have to play. A game I’ve been more interested in, and that I’ve been encouraged to play after some other recent events. Afrika (known […]

#666 Trauma Center: Under The Knife

Posted: 9th September 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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83rd game played so far Genre: Medical Simulation Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus And so we have reached the game of the beast, how ironic it is that game 666 is one where you are trying to save people’s lives. Surely a game such as Devil May Cry or […]