891st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito For a lot of these shooters, it feels like it’s a bit more of the same – I swear that a lot of them go by different ways of handling weapons. Raiden, for example, always keeping you […]
Posts Tagged ‘taito’
#146 Operation Wolf
Posted: 30th March 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, arcade, shoot 'em up, taito
772nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Sometimes, you realise you just have to play these light gun games, and at that point you realise you’ve got to compromise. I’m about to tackle Operation Wolf, which is one of those, and so I’ll be […]
#980 Space Invaders Infinity Gene
Posted: 12th April 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, iphone, shoot 'em up, taito
685th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Iphone Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Finally, this is the last of the rushed iOS games – everything else has an off-iOS alternative or just works. Here, you’d imagine that a company the size and age of Taito would have the ability to […]
#137 Double Dragon
Posted: 3rd May 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, arcade, fighting, taito, technos japan
599th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: Taito When I was younger, one of our NES games (that I played over and over) was Double Dragon III, a fun two player beat ’em up that we invested a lot of time in – even if I’m […]
499th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Arkanoid! A game I’ve been looking forward to, as I remember playing it when I was younger (using cheats to advance a bit further than I could reach on my own – I was an impatient kid). Breakout inspired, […]
#147 Rainbow Islands
Posted: 7th August 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, platform, taito, Various
446th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release:1987 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Or, as is proper, Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, making it clear that this game is, in fact, the sequel to Bubble Bobble and not just a standalone game. In it, our protagonists have changed from looking […]
#19 Phoenix
Posted: 28th November 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1980, amstar, arcade, centuri, shoot 'em up, taito
383rd played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Amstar Publisher: Centuri/Taito Phoenix appears to be another Space Invaders-inspired vertical shooter. Brilliant. More interesting, the name of the game is not because of the connection to mystical birds – at least, not at first. The developers were based in […]
341st played so farGenre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito ย Qix! That’s today’s game. It’s a game we both know – we just don’t know the name and can’t remember it. It has just been copied that often. This should be pretty straightforward! Our Thoughts For some reason, I kept […]
337th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito A while ago we covered Puzzle Bobble after a trip to Brighton in order to find the elusive game Final Furlong. The fact that we found it in some rather beaten up arcade on the seafront is pretty miraculous. […]
#52 Dragon’s Lair
Posted: 17th March 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, advanced microcomputer systems, adventure, arcade, cinematronics, interactive fiction, taito
315th played so far Genre: Adventure/Interactive Fiction Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Advanced Microcomputer Systems Publisher: Cinematronics/Taito Today, again, we play one of the games we (or I) have been most curious about since the start of this blog. Dragon’s Lair is an early adventure games, but using the Disney animation style we […]