968th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Westwood Studios Publisher: Virgin Interactive As I’m writing this, Cyberpunk 2077 has been released a few weeks ago and its first big patch failed to make any sort of dent in the bad reception of the game. It’s odd to watch from […]
Posts Tagged ‘Virgin Interactive’
#331 Blade Runner
Posted: 16th June 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, adventure, pc, Virgin Interactive, westwood studios
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#207 Mega Lo Mania
Posted: 15th September 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, image works, sensible software, Strategy, ubisoft, Various, Virgin Interactive
898th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1991 Developer: Sensible Software Publisher: Image Works/Ubisoft/Virgin Interactive As with Powermonger, I remember reading about Mega Lo Mania in a Mega Drive/Genesis guide collection long before I had a chance to play it. It feels similar – a colourful strategy game with a vaguely […]
#235 Cannon Fodder
Posted: 18th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, action, sensible software, Strategy, Various, Virgin Interactive
618th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Sensible Software Publisher: Virgin Interactive Partially because of this blog, I started reading up more on older games, to learn about their background and find out more about them. Cannon Fodder is one of the games that I feel are often discussed […]
#282 Command & Conquer
Posted: 22nd December 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, electronic arts, nintendo, sega, Strategy, Various, Virgin Interactive, westwood studios
389th played so farGenre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Westwood Studios Publisher: Virgin Interactive, Sega, Nintendo, Electronic Arts Woo, Command & Conquer! Taking the gameplay found in Dune II, which turned out to be fun, Westwood continued to create another game like it, but now not using a licensed property. One of […]
#300 Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Posted: 5th March 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, adventure, pc, playstation, revolution software, scee, Virgin Interactive
312th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC/PlayStation 1 Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Revolution Software Publisher: Virgin Interactive/SCEE While last time’s Pac-Man was a game we’d played because, well, everyone had played it,ย Broken Sword is a bit more of a coincidence. One of us had the PC version, the other Playstation, and we both […]
#261 Earthworm Jim
Posted: 13th June 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, mega drive, platform, Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Shiny Entertainment, shoot 'em up, Virgin Interactive
61st game played so far Genre: Platform/Shoot ’em Up Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Shiny Entertainment Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment/Virgin Interactive Despite how big it must have been in some points, Earthworm Jim seems to have only slightly hit my life, bypassing me most of the time.ย There was a cartoon series […]
#231 Dune II
Posted: 31st December 2010 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1992, pc, Strategy, Virgin Interactive, Westwood
14th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Westwood Studios Publisher: Virgin Interactive Three houses fight for control of Arrakis, or Dune, the only planet in the galaxy where the elusive Spice can be found. In the mean time, they also have to avoid sandworms and deal with the […]