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Tag: 1997
[Happy Birthday!] Gran Turismo
Hello old games lovers, Gaming is not just shooters and RPG and some ather remarkable titels hit the shelves some years ago, sone games that re-defined a genre and bolster the sales of a console. One of these is Gran Turismo which came out for PS1 in December 1997, 20 years ago. The winning formula…
[Happy Birthday!] Age of Empires
Hello old games lovers, One of the best historically-based real-time strategy games ever released, it spawned a swarm of sequels and I’m quite sure is represented a huge slice of teenagers time back in the day. Its popularity was and still is immense and I’ve personally spent cpountless hours to play it together with Warcraft…
[Happy Birthday!] Abe’s Oddysee
Hello old games lovers, Even though some of us moved the first steps in the world of video gaming on the PlayStation, we have to realize that this wonderful console is almost 20 years old so most of the successful games released for it are now in their twenties. Today another game officially enter in…
[Happy Birthday!] Imperialism
Hello old games lovers, If you like strategy game, well, Imperialism should be one of your game of choice. I originally played the second installment, found in a compilation a friend borrowed me in the past (one of the Twilights, if you know what I mean). I’ve leater discovered the original game and I have…
[Happy Birthday!] Hexen II
Hello old games lovers, Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hexen II, released in August 1997. This is the first sequel of Hexen, the Doom-like FPS with some RPG influences based on the Quake engine (which is in turn an improved version of the Doom engine which is in turn an improved version of…
[Happy Birthday!] Star Fox 64
Hello old games lovers, If you remember, after 1996, after the release of the N64, every game had a “64” version. There was Duke Nukem, and Deke Nukem 64, there was Quake and Quake 64, Mario and Mario 64. I could go on for hours but I don’t think it will be helpful. All this…
[Happy Birthday!] Carmageddon
Hello old games lovers, Today is the 20th annoversary one on the most controversial games back then, Carmageddon, released in the US today, June 30th, 1997. The american release followed the european (June 20th) and the Swedish (June 13th). I remember all the hype for this game 20 years ago: too violent, too “wrong”, unsuitable…
[Happy Birthday!] The Last Express
Hello old games lovers, Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Last Express, released today in 1997. The game is part of a genre I truly love, the graphic adventures, and is remarable for having been one of the first to experiment a real-time simulation since a minute in real life is also a minute…
[Happy Birthday!] Vandal Hearts
Hello old games lovers, Today we celebrate a little big cult game, Vandal Hearts, released 20 years ago today, on March 27th, 1997. It was one of th first tactical RPGs released in America and one of the firsts for a 32-bit console, even if the Saturn version of the games was released only in…
[Happy Birthday!] Independence Day
Hello old games lovers, When a company gets the rights to port a movie into a video game, especially if the movie is famous and successfull, it’s most likely that the outcome doesn’t meet the expectations. And this is exactly what happened with Independence day, released fro PlayStation today in 1997. The movie was great, there…
[Happy Birthday!] Mega Man 8
Hello old games lovers, Mega Man is one of the most longeve series in video game history, even if hasn’t got the same praise as others like Mario, Zelda or Castlevania. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of the first Mega Man, back in 1987, Konamy released Mega Man 8, the eighth installment…
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