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Category: 30 Years of Video games

  • 30 Years of Video Games: F1Race Stars (2012)

    Today is the final in our 30 year countdown of games, which unfortunately also for me, means I am soon to exit my 20’s and move head-first into my 30’s.  I’d like to thank you all for reading and I hope it’s been as fun for you as it has for me.  F1 Race Stars…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Thor: God of Thunder (2011)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Thor: God of Thunder WayForward Technologies.  Give them a round of applause for almost single-handedly keeping 2D side scrolling beat ’em ups and platformers alive.…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (2010)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey The Nintendo DS was the undisputed king of the japanese role playing game for most of its life cycle.  It…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – A Boy and his Blob (2009)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. A Boy and His Blob They tell you there is nothing sweeter than honey.  They tell you too many sweet treats will give you diabetes.…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Condemned 2: Bloodshot (2008)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Condemned 2: Bloodshot Although its probably better known for its FEAR series, a series that I love dearly, it is Monolith Productions’ Condemned series that made me recognise…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Overlord (2007)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Overlord Overlord is one of the more unique games released this generation.  First appearing on the Xbox 360 and then later in a slightly expanded…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast (2006)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast SEGA are one of the most interesting video game companies out there.  Their journey from hardware manufacturer to the SEGA…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Darkwatch (2005)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Darkwatch Despite popular opinion, the Xbox and Playstation 2 were home to some absolutely cracking First Person Shooters.  Aside from a few decent attempts at doing…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Mashed (2004)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Mashed Growing up with siblings meant that multiplayer gaming was a big thing in my household.  Even in my university years I can remember coming…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – War of the Monsters (2003)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. War of the Monsters I honestly don’t know anyone who doesn’t love big monsters.  Giant praying Mantises fighting oversized lizards or sentient laser toting robots…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Prisoner of War (2002)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Prisoner of War In the early 00’s I was a bit of a sucker for the ol’ stealth genre.  I found an inordinate and perhaps…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Jurassic Park III: Park Builder (2001)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Jurassic Park III: Park Builder The Jurassic Park series hasn’t had too bad of a run when it comes to video game adaptations.  The release of the…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Kessen (2000)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Kessen The Playstation 4 is on our doorstep but it seems like only yesterday we were wowed by what the Playstation 2 was capable of.…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Rollcage (1999)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Rollcage There was probably no worse year for developer Attention to Detail and publisher Psygnosis to release its high speed gravity-defying racer Rollcage.  Released in the same year…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Vigilante 8 (1998)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Vigilante 8 It seems almost hard to believe that there was ever a time whereby multiple car combat games were being released in any one year. …

  • 30 Years of Video Games – RayStorm (1997)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. RayStorm It was the mid nineties and the arcade scene was still thriving world wide. New arcade games were bursting onto the scene seemingly daily…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Alien Trilogy (1996)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Alien Trilogy It was hard going for first person shooters in the early years of the Playstation with many controlling poorly and others just lacking…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Destruction Derby (1995)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Destruction Derby You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t have an innate attraction to destruction and enjoying watching things crumble, break, explode, implode, collide or tear…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Donkey Kong (1994)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Donkey Kong “Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology”, Gunpei Yokoi (1941-1997). It sometimes amazes me the things that developers pulled off with the original Game Boy.…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Jaguar XJ220 (1993)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Jaguar XJ220 Some would say Core Design’s Jaguar XJ220 is just a poor-man’s Lotus Turbo Esprit Challenge.    Racing games were a different beast in the 90’s,…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Dr Franken (1992)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Dr Franken I have a ridiculous soft spot for Nintendo’s handheld brick.  It was what I spent more of my childhood gaming years with under…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Gobliiins (1991)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Gobliiins Gobliiins was a charming point and click adventure puzzler released in 1990 by French Developer Coktel Vision.  A charmingly funny game, it doesn’t rely so…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Murder (1990)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Murder It’s 1990 and the world is swept up in murder investigation fever as fan favourite Law and Order series begins its run and Clue Jr…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Xenon 2: Megablast (1989)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Xenon 2: Megablast Almost no developer says “Amiga 500” like the Bitmap Brothers.  Responsible for some of the most well known games released over the…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Hybris (1988)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Hybris I’m going to come off as some sort of scrolling shooter nut, and I assure you I’m not, but another game near and dear to…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Test Drive (1987)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Test Drive Before Don Mattrick was Don Mattrick CEO he was Don Mattrick game designer and one of the brains behind Canadian developer Distinctive Software.…

  • 30 Years of Video Games – Gradius (1986)

    30 Years of Video Games – Gradius (1986)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Gradius I have a level of respect and fascination of Cave shooters that goes beyond just enjoying the act of playing them.  That admittedly waning fascination…

  • 30 Years of Video games – The Way of the Exploding Fist (1985)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. The Way of the Exploding Fist This Australian-developed karate gem was a keystone of competitive gaming in my household.  It also happens to be the game…

  • 30 Years of Video games – SKULL (1984)

    30 Years of Video games – SKULL (1984)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. 1984 – SKULL Skull for the Commodore 64 is my earliest memory of masochistic game design.  It also happens to be the game that has…

  • 30 years of video games – Jumpman (1983)

    I’m waving goodbye to my 20’s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years.  Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Jumpman (1983) Jumpman is your typical 80’s arcade game experience. Developed by pioneering video game developer Epyx, and released on various personal computer platforms in…