Postal: Brain Damaged is a so-called “boomer shooter” (whatever that means), developed by HyperStrange, and first published in 2022. It’s a fast-moving, humorous and challenging First-Person Shooter with a Story Mode and a Survival Mode (but no multiplayer, that I could see).
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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Remastered, PC
The second Turok was again remastered by Nightdive Studios and re-published by Atari in 2017. The original Turok 2: Seeds of Evil was released in 1998 for N64 and Windows.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Remastered, PC
Remastered by Nightdive Studios and published by Atari in 2015, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Remastered is a good example of nostalgia versus reality.
Rick Dangerous, Commodore 64
Rick Dangerous is a well-known platform game that parodies the tomb-raiding adventures of Indiana Jones. It was developed by Core Design and first published by Firebird Software in 1989.
Land of the Dead: Road To Fiddler’s Green, XBox
This adaptation of George A. Romero‘s 2005 film, Land of the Dead, was developed by Brainbox Games and published by Groove Games.
Road To Fiddler’s Green was released not long after the film came out, and it utterly fails to capture any of the ‘fun’ of the film, or the visual style of it.
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Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop, Atari Lynx
This handheld run-and-gun/beat ’em up hybrid was obviously made to parody the character of Dirty Harry, as portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the films. It was developed by Knight Technologies and published for the Atari Lynx in North America and PAL regions in 1992.
Black, PlayStation 2
Developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts in 2006, Black is a console-exclusive First-Person Shooter set in contemporary Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia. You play as a member of a CIA “Black Ops” unit, embarking on various missions.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, PC
Developed by Infinity Ward and first published by Activision in 2007, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the point where the Call of Duty series went from merely just “big” to absolutely stratospheric.
Call of Duty 3, PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 version of Treyarch‘s Call of Duty 3 was first released on 17th November 2006 in North America; in PAL regions on 23rd March 2007, and in Japan in 14th June 2007. It is an enhanced port of the PlayStation 2 original, with more detail in the models and environments.
Call of Duty 3, PlayStation 2
The third instalment in the Call of Duty series was developed by Treyarch and first published by Activision in 2006. It is the only major Call of Duty game that wasn’t released for the PC, and it initially came out for PS2, XBox and XBox 360, with PS3 and Wii versions following later.